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TUMBIL SALMON. 



Salmo Tumbil. S . flavescens, fasciis transversis semidecurrentibus 



rubris, rictu amploj caiida furcata. 

 Yellowish Salmon^ with semidecurrent transverse red bands, 



wide mouth, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Tumbil. S, ordinihus plurihus dentium tenuium. Block, 



t. 430. 



Of a rather lengthened shape : head taper : 

 mouth very wide, and armed with numerous sharp 

 teeth: lower jaw somewhat longer than the upper: 

 eyes orange-coloured, and seated near the tip of 

 the upper jaw : scales large : fins pale, tinged with 

 dusky blue at their tips : tail forked. Native of the 

 Indian seas, and called by the inhabitants of the 

 Malabar coast by the name of Tumbil : general 

 length about twelve inches. 



FETID SALMON. 



Salmo Foeteus. S. argenteo-ccerulescensj capite truncatOj maxilla 

 infer lore longiore, pinnis rubris, cauda furcata. 



Silvery-blueish Salmon, with truncated head, lower jaws longer 

 than the upper^ red fins, and forked tail. 



Salmo foeteus. -S. radiis dorsalibiis analibusque duodecim. Lin. 

 Syst, Nat, p. 513. 



Salmo capite squamato truncatoque. Block, t, 384./. 2. 



Shape lengthened : head rather large, somewhat 

 truncated in front, and scaly: mouth wide, with 

 the lower jaw longest : both furnished with sharp 

 teeth : eyes large, and near the tip of the upper 



